July 2009 Archives

Tropico 3 Xbox 360 Preview

Kris Erickson • July 31 2009 • 0 comments

I had a roommate in college who would spend hours by himself in his room, glued to his computer. Sure, in real life he was broke and kinda...Read more

32 Year Old Woman Pleads Guilty to Xbox Live Video Sex

Kris Erickson • July 30 2009 • 0 comments

First it was older female teachers, now it seems to be older female video gamers that are aggressively chasing younger teenaged boys. A 32 year-old Ohio woman has...Read more

Video Game Movies They Should Make (But Won't)

Kris Erickson • July 30 2009 • 3 comments

What is it with Hollywood's obsession with video games these days? Not content with dredging through our collective childhoods for comic book and cartoon heroes to bend to...Read more

IL-2 Sturmovik Demo Impressions

Kris Erickson • July 29 2009 • 0 comments

IL-2 Sturmovik is a love letter to Second World War combat aviation. The dedication to historical accuracy is apparent in every aspect of the Xbox 360 demo, which...Read more

Ubisoft Plans Casual Games for Natal

Kris Erickson • July 28 2009 • 0 comments

French publisher Ubisoft, maker of casual video game titles like Raving Rabbids and Petz, plans to make Microsoft's Natal a big part of its casual business model, according...Read more

IL-2 Sturmovik Demo Lands on Xbox Live this Wednesday

Kris Erickson • July 27 2009 • 0 comments

505 Games and 1C Company have today confirmed that a single player demo for their upcoming flight combat title IL-2 Sturmovik will be landing on Xbox Live this...Read more

GameFlavor Network - New Fresh Flavor!

Paul Sinclair • July 26 2009 • 0 comments

Hey beautiful people! ;-) Here at the GameFlavor Network we've been working our butts off for you behind the scenes to bring you a new slicker, sexier and...Read more

Tatooine DLC Coming to Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Kris Erickson • July 24 2009 • 0 comments

LucasArts today announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will see further expansion this fall through a new downloadable level for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 systems....Read more

Modern Warfare 2 Price Hike is Good for Gaming

Kris Erickson • July 24 2009 • 24 comments

This fall, Activision plans to release its hotly-anticipated shooter Modern Warfare 2 for sale in Britain at the price of £54.99 ($90 USD). A special edition prestige bundle...Read more

Microsoft Announces New "Halo Waypoint" on Live

Kris Erickson • July 23 2009 • 0 comments

Tucked way down at the bottom of a press release for the upcoming Halo Legends anime project, Microsoft also announced a new service for Halo fans on Xbox...Read more

Halo Legends Anime: Full Details

Kris Erickson • July 23 2009 • 1 comments

Depending on where you fit in a venn diagram of "people who like Halo" and "people who like anime", you could be very pleased with this news. Micorosft...Read more

Stan Lee Has Cameo in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Kris Erickson • July 22 2009 • 0 comments

Activision announced today that beloved comic book legend Stan Lee will make his first onscreen videogame cameo in the upcoming Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, slated for release this...Read more

Microsoft Planning "Advertars"

Kris Erickson • July 22 2009 • 0 comments

In addition to Silverlight-enabled dashboard adverts, Microsoft is looking for more ways to extract revenue from users of its Live service. The company has recently patented a system...Read more

Limited Edition Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick TE at Comic-Con

Jason Wong • July 21 2009 • 0 comments

Lucky Comic-Con attendees will have the chance to nab the Comic-Con exclusive Limited Edition Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition (TE) and Pads. Produced by Mad Catz®,...Read more

Are You a BF 1943 Noob? Check this Handy Guide

Kris Erickson • July 20 2009 • 1 comments

There is nothing more annoying than playing a multiplayer online game with a bunch of n00bs. There you are, decked out in your battlefield camo, ready to capture...Read more

Battlefield 1943 Review

Kris Erickson • July 19 2009 • 0 comments

If there was a defining moment for America's Greatest Generation, it was quite possibly the experience of U.S. Marines, fighting in the Pacific theater during World War 2....Read more

Xbox 360 Sales Data for June 2009

Kris Erickson • July 17 2009 • 0 comments

There were few bright spots for video game hardware manufacturers in June, as a weak U.S. economy continued to exert downward pressure on sales. When compared to the...Read more

Military Equipment bundled with Modern Warfare 2

Kevin Brock • July 17 2009 • 1 comments

Criminals and terrorists beware! Expect a rise in citizens arrests after dusk this fall. Reason? Video game publisher Infinity Ward bundles a Night Vision Goggle (NVG), typically considered...Read more

DiRT 2 Release Date Announced

Kris Erickson • July 16 2009 • 0 comments

The extreme rally racing sequel from Codemasters will be released in North America on September 8th and in Europe three days later on September 11th. Developed by the...Read more

Fallout 3 Receives Final DLC: Mothership Zeta

Kris Erickson • July 14 2009 • 0 comments

Bethesda will finally be wrapping up DLC support for their massive post-apocalyptic role playing game, Fallout 3. However, fans will be glad to know that they seem to...Read more

Has 2010 Become Too Crowded with Game Releases?

Kris Erickson • July 14 2009 • 0 comments

By most estimates, a solid current generation AAA game takes about 4 years and $30 million to make. As a result, we are starting to get to a...Read more

Bioshock 2 Delayed Until 2010

Kris Erickson • July 13 2009 • 0 comments

What is it with developers suddenly missing their release dates? First, the Quantic Dream CEO reported that Heavy Rain would not be released on the PS3 this holiday...Read more

Meet the Characters of Arkham Asylum

Kris Erickson • July 13 2009 • 0 comments

The Batman comic book universe is special because it doesn't rely on supernatural abilities for its pathos. Instead, characters motivations, abilities and weaknesses are recognizably human. Even the...Read more

New Michael Jackson Game Features Singer's Voice

Kris Erickson • July 13 2009 • 0 comments

There can be no doubt that Michael Jackson loved video games. Earlier this year, when items from his Neverland Ranch went on auction to help pay outstanding debts,...Read more

WWW Part 2: Master Chief vs Samus Aran: And the Winner is...

Jason Wong • July 12 2009 • 23 comments

(Head over to this page for part 1 of the epic confrontation between what can only be described as two forces of nature) When last we left our...Read more

Who Will Win? Master Chief vs Samus Aran

Jason Wong • July 10 2009 • 2 comments

In the great tradition of epic misunderstandings that lead to earth-shattering superhero throw-downs, we pit two armored titans against each other -- Halo's Master Chief versus Metroid's Samus...Read more

Summer of Arcade 2009 Game Prices

Kris Erickson • July 9 2009 • 0 comments

Ah, summer. The time of year when we nerds peel off our Dorito-encrusted clothes and stretch our arms towards the sun, in preparation of trips to the beach,...Read more

New MechWarrior Game Coming to Xbox 360

Kris Erickson • July 9 2009 • 0 comments

Vancouver-based developer Piranha Games knows a thing or two about giant robots. After all, they just finished work on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Transformers 2:...Read more

Tales of Monkey Island Run Amok in July

Jason Wong • July 9 2009 • 0 comments

The Monkey Island series was a phenomenal hit back in the point-and-click adventure heydays. Now Telltale Games is reviving the franchise with the release of the first chapter...Read more

Five Good Reasons to Follow Us on Twitter

Kris Erickson • July 8 2009 • 0 comments

We won't try to pretend that we were always hip to this Twitter thing. At first it just seemed like another passing web 2.0 fad, better suited to...Read more

Win a Trip to the Playboy Mansion and a Pile of EA Games

Kris Erickson • July 8 2009 • 0 comments

Without exaggeration, we would basically give our left nut to get into the Playboy Mansion, and we reckon that some of our readers would, too. After all, this...Read more

Halo 3: ODST Maps Revealed

Kris Erickson • July 7 2009 • 0 comments

Microsoft today gave us some details about the three new multiplayer maps that will come packaged with Halo 3: ODST. Also, remember that purchasing ODST gets you into...Read more

Assassin's Creed 2 Ditches Repeat Missions

Kris Erickson • July 7 2009 • 0 comments

Ubisoft has announced that its time-hopping stealth adventure game Assassin's Creed 2 will release simultaneously on all platforms this November 17, 2009. That means PC gamers, Xbox 360...Read more

Has Microsoft Become Too Greedy With Siverlight?

Kris Erickson • July 6 2009 • 5 comments

Last week Microsoft announced that it will integrate its Silverlight technology into the Xbox 360 dashboard. Silverlight's embedded browsing technology will be used to bring animated streaming advertisements...Read more

European Gamers Get Crack at 1 vs 100 Beta

Kris Erickson • July 6 2009 • 0 comments

The hottest new craze to hit the Xbox 360 in North America is about to take gamers by storm in the United Kingdom as well. In 1 vs...Read more

Sources Confirm More GTA IV DLC in 2010

Kris Erickson • July 5 2009 • 1 comments

A source close to Rockstar has confirmed to us that the development studio will be releasing two additional dowloadable content packs for Grand Theft Auto IV, that both...Read more

Resident Evil Afterlife: Milla Jovovich Returns as Sexiest Video Game Movie Actress Evar

Jason Wong • July 4 2009 • 0 comments

Prepare yourself for the afterlife -- Resident Evil: Afterlife, that is. Well, if Milla Jovovich is there to greet me, then it's been a life worth living. Yes,...Read more

Top 10 Reasons Why Xbox 360's Project Natal Will Beat Waggle Control

Jason Wong • July 3 2009 • 17 comments

So every console has their own motion control system now. Nintendo has the Wii-mote. Sony is coming out with their ice cream cone controller. And Microsoft has Project...Read more

Battlefield 1943 Gets July Release Date

Kris Erickson • July 2 2009 • 0 comments

DICE and Electronic Arts today announced that Battlefield 1943 will be available starting July 8th on the Xbox Live Marketplace and July 9th on the PlayStation Network, making...Read more

Is DJ Hero Too Expensive?

Kris Erickson • July 1 2009 • 0 comments

Mike Griffith, the CEO of Activision, really likes peripherals. He also evidently really likes games that come pre-packaged with peripheral controllers that can be sold at additional profit....Read more

Will Xbox 360 Users See the Silverlight?

Jason Wong • July 1 2009 • 1 comments

Watch out! A slew of interactive ads may soon appear on your Xbox dashboard. Microsoft intends to integrate its Silverlight framework (similar to Adobe Flash) to the Xbox...Read more

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